Obituaries for December 2009

Obituary

Harold Lloyd Fleming died Nov. 17, 2009, at his home in Baggs, Wyo., following a lengthy illness. He was 67. Lloyd was born March 2, 1942, in Craig, the son of Charles Leonard and Leola (Johnson) Fleming. Lloyd was raised ...

Robert Ora Simmons died Nov. 24, 2009, at his home in Craig. He was 91. Robert was born Nov. 21, 1918, in Great Falls, Mont., the son of Emmett and Flora (Lockery) Simmons. He was raised in the Great Falls ...

Memorial services for William Ditges are at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael Catholic Church. The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Friday at the church. Memorial donations may be made to a children’s home of the donor’s choice.

Las Vegas

Rebecca Agnes Eads, 89, of Las Vegas, passed away Dec. 8, 2009, after a short illness. Agnes was born to Em­­mett McEntee and Sarah Alexander McEntee on April 2, 1920, in Nebraska. She worked as a telephone operator in Craig, ...

In Memoriam ‘Remember Me’ Remember me with laughter not tears. Remember me with a smile not a frown. Remember me when you are lonely or down. You are in my heart, even though we are apart. Be comforted, the sun ...

Craig

Helen I. (Webber) Duncan, of Craig, died Sunday at The Memorial Hospital. A service is at 1 p.m. Friday at Grant Mortuary. Burial will follow in the Craig Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse ...

Max S. Sims, 80, of North Augusta, S.C., husband of the late Rose Sims and son of the late Selma and Cornelia Stewart Sims, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, at his home. Born in Fitzgerald, Ga., he had re-established residence ...

Memorial services for Jim Griffin will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Friendship United Methodist Church, 657 Green St. Memorial donations may be made to Moffat County Cancer Society in care of Grant Mortuary.

Helen I. (Webber) Duncan, of Craig, died Sunday at The Memorial Hospital. A service is at 1 p.m. today at Grant Mortuary. Burial will follow in the Craig Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Northwest Colorado Visiting Nurse ...

Craig

Betty M. Hughes, 87, of Craig, formerly of Bath, N.Y., died Oct. 15, 2009, at The Memorial Hospital. Betty was the wife of the late Maurice (Bill) Hughes, who died Dec. 9, 2001. Betty was born in Flicksville, Pa., on ...

Laughlin, Nev.

Kristine Jo (Gitter-Freshman) Mace, of Laughlin, Nev., died Dec. 6, 2009. She was 57. She was born on Feb. 12, 1952, in Fort Collins. She graduated from the University of Northern Colorado. She then returned to receive her master’s in ...

Helen Duncan, a Yampa Valley native, died Dec. 13, 2009, at The Memorial Hospital in Craig. Helen was born to Walter and Gertrude Webber on July 11, 1926, near Coalview, east of Mount Harris. She grew up in Steamboat Springs ...

Henry William (Bill) Ditges Sr., of Craig, died Dec. 2, 2009 of kidney failure. He was 84. He was born Sept. 25, 1925, in Kinsley, Kan., the son of Henry Herman and Appolonia Maria Degan Ditges. He served as a ...

Gene Galen Farr left his family to join our heavenly Father on Christmas, Dec. 25, 2009. He was 82. He passed away at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction after a short illness. Gene was born Oct. 26, 1927, in ...